Review of N°19 Poudré by aad de gids

for hours on end yesterday this beautiful perfume wafted around my head. that it had such endurance was a surpise, not that it was such elegant perfume. I must have bought this perfume in 2011. Twice. the first one went to NY. then I again needed one urgently. now it becomes apparent that I had great and stupid prejudices toward some perfumes. this one I shall have (subconsciously) compared with No5, chanel Coco, and even not so much to No19. it was as such, that I only yesterday really discovered the full beauty and implications of this perfume. in the research of my perfume Collection I now 'do some Irises'. and I have quite a few. yesterday I exchanged for Bvlgari's Splendida Iris D'Or ---> Chanel No19 Poudré. was thát perfume already a revelation and Seal of Utter Elegance, if you EXCHANGE perfumes promptly, be it after the first has become quasi-numb (precisely the drydown was divine also, of Bvlgari) the one perfume defines the other. No19 Poudré affirmed the elegance of Iris D'Or but had its own niche in Super Chanelissime Elegance. I find it still more precious and in coldness glowing, in freeze reverberating. the Iris as first imposed herself upon me with grace and yet perseverance, in Metallic Flowery, Heraldic Stature, it flourished its peculiar sweetness (one that you have to deserve) around me. then I also smelled the Galbanum, this bitter umbelliferum. it makes the whole perfume hereditary to her famous Sister No19. Jacques Polge's remark that of the perfume "Iris is the central ingredient of the fragrance, along with several "new interesting musks" ", needed more research. this happened last night (=evening in Dutch). I found texts about White Musks in perfumeshrine. blogspot.com 2009 and cafleurebon. com 2011 about thén usual White musks and Aromachemicals. also in 2011 they got rid of (possibly) carcinogenic and desastrous for Biodegradability (these bad Musks stayed forever in the Milieu ['(primarily against musk ketone, musk xylene ~both nitromusks~ and polycyclics)' perfumeshrine. blogspot.com - 2009]), Musks. but the names I did encounter were: the Aromachemical Alpha-Isobutyl-Ionone (orris- violet- powdery note) and the fact that there were, yet, three kinds of Orrises ! in Chanel No19 Poudré. 'Absolue Celle Iris' (Orris Absolute Mixture of Maroccan and Chinese Orris-Butters), Iris Beurre Noir (the smell of Orris plus Wine and Dry Fruit Accents, made of Unpeeled Orris Rhizomes). now yesterday I had smelled the Flowers, Iris, Neroli, Jasmine and later on a starchy, Orris smell with great raffinement. but the clarification from Sergey Borisov (above) during the launch of No19 Poudré made myself proud to have smelled Orris where it isn't explicitely shown. perhaps in the meanwhile things have changed but at least I have an early Edition. its rambunctuous Presentism and doggedly perseverance surprised me and delighted me. and now at least I have the idea I can smell (non-macrocyclic) Aromachemicals with their diffuse and supportive violets and velveteens. the cosmetogenic Powderiness as in Misia, is sheer Delight to me. it is a fabulous perfume.